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Young Americans look to Jon Stewart for news
With his 'rally to restore sanity', Jon Stewart has become the figurehead for American liberalism – not bad for a comedy show host. One does...
Tea Party: the American right’s political tantrum
In New York state, multi-millionaire real-estate developer Carl Paladino wins the Republican gubernatorial nomination and declares that he’s...
An everyday mockery of democracy in land of the free
Americans have always exploited the freedoms granted in the constitution. America's weirdness is well documented. And I don't mean just the plastic-...
Oil spill gutting confidence - and staining reputations
In the US, which assumes no engineering challenge is beyond conquer - nor does it lack the private capital to achieve it - the brackish rouge beneath...
Let’s put the Gulf-spill crisis into perspective
To stop using fossil fuels because of one accident would make millions of people’s lives a lot harder. ‘This is probably the biggest...
Why Arizona's new immigration law makes sense
Arizona has a good case for its tough new law aimed at shrinking the number of illegal immigrants in the state. One might not think so, given the...
The low Horizons of modern society
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is bad, but it is not a warning from nature about mankind's hubris. An accident on an oil rig in the Gulf of...
The Tea Party: phoney freedom fighters
The right-wing movement is outraged by excessive government - except when it is wielded by Republicans in the name of counter-terrorism. 19 April is...
Facing up to China
Making room for a new superpower should not be confused with giving way to it. For six decades now, Taiwan has been where the simmering distrust...
Guantanamo detainees on US soil: a legal minefield
President Obama wants to house some Guantanamo detainees in an Illinois prison. But bringing the detainess to the US will likely broaden their legal...
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